Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED) - Gizmodo Comments

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Amiash Loves You — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:20:37 EST

this is really awesome!

Amiash Loves You

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Alfonzo — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 10:46:09 EST

awsome! yeah, this guy should get his own company.

Alfonzo

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

yougottabekidding — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 19:55:12 EST

Very cool. I would have to test it out before I decided to pay anything to buy it should it get picked up by a peripheral manufacturer. That, along with what game compatibility it had to go with it. Ideally though, I'd like to see a reasonably priced personal arcade-like simulator where you can sit down to at least 180 degrees, if not greater, of seamless video screens. A true "look to the left" and see the left side 'feel' to it rather than have the images pan across the screen. In other words, be able to see the left side with your peripheral vision even though your eyes are pointed straight ahead. Perhaps the future of flexible OLED technology will someday accomplish this. A personal 'bubble' of screens that places you into a 3D environment without distortions, now that would be awesome and would have all sorts of useful and entertaining uses. (i.e. an architech could take a truly emmersive walk through of a house he just designed in CAD to get a much better sense of what the end product will be like once completed). Flat screens just couldn't give the same effect, at least not as far as my imagination could fortell.

yougottabekidding

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

DJJS — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 18:27:29 EST

Very Nice : )
Maybe this can Be useful in the Next Game Systems?

DJJS

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

greeneggsnsam — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:15:53 EST

The last one was the best because you can still see while moving your head. The first one means you have to turn your eyes so you can still see the screen.

greeneggsnsam

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Bokusatsu_Tenshi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 15:08:41 EST

I'm getting "video no longer available".
Anyways, awesome! So many possibilities..

Bokusatsu_Tenshi

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Evil J — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 14:50:06 EST

I like it.

Someone needs to come up with something like this for FPSs.

Evil J

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

carriontron — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:34:09 EST

@bdkennedy1: LOL...but how do we know he isn't using the controller and turning his head at the same time.

carriontron

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Reilaos~ — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 13:06:02 EST

@strangesnow: There is a screen on his head. >.>

That's stuff's gonna take some rigid posture, though...

Reilaos~

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

strangesnow — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 12:03:23 EST

this is great except that the when he moves his head the the right and his eyes are pointed to the right and the screen will be to his left. this hack would be great if you could strap the screen to his head as well but then that is just like a vr helmet. don't get me wrong, i'm all for hacks and hopes this develops but at the moment this doesn't really seem to work.

strangesnow

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

bdkennedy1 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:36:50 EST

Stephen Hawking would love this?

bdkennedy1

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

EvilSnowMan — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:16:53 EST

I laughed at watching the first video and seeing that it was controlled by a stylus attached to the chair and the stylus is just rubbing on the tablet on the back of his head... If he leaned forward so the stylus wasn't touching the pad than it wouldn't work anymore.

EvilSnowMan

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy! — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:52:18 EST

@PaleRider: It's possible that it's still a tad disorienting to get used to.

Kaiser-Machead's Chips Ahoy!

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

PaleRider — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:42:30 EST

Now all he has to do is learn how to drive...

PaleRider

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

trlstanc — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:25:00 EST

It's a good thing the analog stick is so sensitive, otherwise you'd be staring at the wall instead of the TV whenever you wanted to look out your side window. Now if he'd just use a glasstron or whatever instead of a TV, we'd be all set.

trlstanc

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

vshank — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 10:18:36 EST

anyone else notice how hacked up his desk chair was with lights, and who knows what other mods? 2nd vid.

vshank

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

B1663R — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:40:48 EST

that was really cool! other VR helmets need a cable to support the weight!! this guy managed to do what NASA failed to do. put a man on the MOON!!!

B1663R

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

SnowLeopard — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:20:04 EST

Thats bloody awesome... Simply wicked.

SnowLeopard

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

strider_mt2k — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:12:29 EST

Heeey, we have to get this guy and Ben Heckendorn together for some brainstorming!!

strider_mt2k

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

skeeveAGAIN — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 09:03:40 EST

Holy Fuck!
That last one was so.... incredible!!!
Say what you like about the clunkiness or whatever, that was tracking in the closes thing I've seen to real time in ages. And I am positive that if a company picked up this concept they could prettify it and make it lightweight enough that.... holy shit. VR is right around the corner. MOAR MOAR MOAR

skeeveAGAIN

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

Atelier — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:58:36 EST

Its always inspiring to see people who are creative and have the technical ability and motivation to follow through on it. Cool stuff... I hope he gets some funding.

Atelier

Homemade Head Mounted Display Control for PS2 Made of Chopsticks (UPDATED)

strider_mt2k — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 08:58:13 EST

Man oh man that guy is creative!
Very very cool use of OTS parts to get the job done.

I hope this gets posted over on www.hackaday.com

KUDOS!!

strider_mt2k